> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Adi
> Sent: February 16, 1998 15:56
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: EL LCD Backlight
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I am experimenting with LCD display modules most of which have EL
> backlit stuff on them. Are there any quick and dirty ways of
> illuminating those? If read those things need a fairly high AC
> voltage ~150ppVAC @ 300kHz or so but that's about all I know about
> it...

        You've got it, although most are quite varying, most will work at only 7
0
or 80V, and at a lower frequency, even as low as a few thousand hertz. TTYL